University of Wonder & Imagination Produced by Cahoots NI

The University of Wonder & Imagination is now enrolling students of all ages and magical abilities...and there’s a place with your name on it!

Assemble with your fellow students and journey to the most unusual of universities, where the mysterious Professor Bamberg will guide you through this interactive theater experience, and the choices you, the audience, make will shape your unique course. You will interact with the liveliest of lecturers, choose your subjects of study (such as Math, Space, and Art), and encounter all kinds of problems and puzzles, unlocking your magical powers as you go.

Featuring live performers and a large digital cast, Cahoots combines magic and illusion with multimedia technology to create an innovative, engaging theatrical performance that's bound to boggle the mind and spark the imagination… Come join the class!

Produced by Cahoots of Belfast Northern Ireland, the makers of Danny Carmo’s Mathematical Mysteries, Lights! Camera! Math!, Penguins, Secrets of Space, Shh! We Have a Plan and Egg, this production first premiered as a groundbreaking international “Zoom” performance in fall 2020 during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The live version of the performance will premiere in January 2024, embarking on a national tour of the United States.

Approximate Running Time: 60 Minutes
Recommended Ages: Grades 2 through 6

Curriculum Connections

• Fine Arts: Performance, Digital Technology and Design, Art
• Science: Space, Planets, Gravity, Atmospheric Pressure, Light, Refraction, Magnification, Scale and Environmental Conservation
• Mathematics and Numeracy: Estimation and Calculation, Multiplication, Division, Subtraction, Addition, and Probability

Themes

• Emotional/Social Development: Self Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Curiosity, and Growth Mindset

📸 Photographer: Melissa Gordon 📸